Full-Time
Manager – Trading Operations
Posted on 4/24/2026
Australian Securities Exchange
Full-service securities exchange: trading, clearing, settlement
No salary listed
Sydney NSW, Australia
Hybrid
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- Previous experience leading a team in a fast-paced, deadline-driven operational environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience leading a customer-facing team while offering exceptional service.
- Experience preparing reports for senior management or Boards, focused on operational analysis and commentary.
- Extensive knowledge of Australian financial markets and related products, including listed products, governing rules, and market operations.
- Exposure to financial markets in a broking or market-operations environment.
- Ability to make decisions and apply critical thinking in high-intensity situations while remaining calm under pressure.
- Strategic thinking and strong collaboration skills when engaging with a broad range of stakeholders.
- Legal authorization to work in Australia on a permanent basis without restrictions.
- Facilitate fair, orderly, and transparent markets across ASX trading environments by monitoring activity against operating rules and procedures and supporting market participants.
- Manage the team day to day, ensuring timely resolution and response to Trading Operations issues and queries from internal and external customers while meeting regulatory requirements and championing the customer.
- Lead the team by providing staff with support and direction, including performance feedback and mentoring, while ensuring compliance with ASX policies.
- Lead incident management within the team and work with internal and external stakeholders to manage and resolve operational issues.
- Manage customer readiness for new products and client onboarding.
- Allocate resources and manage rotations to support a stable and effective operational environment across the hybrid working environment.
- Monitor and update operational procedures and risk controls and meet internal and external audit requirements.
- Manage the operationalization of new products, services, and technology upgrades to improve client service and deliver positive outcomes for Operations.
- Help manage external user-test environments, including system maintenance, technical issue resolution, system accreditations, and user acceptance testing for upgrades.
- Contribute to monthly, quarterly, and annual Trading Operations reporting.
- Collaborate as a key business stakeholder for core systems on issue resolution, scheduled maintenance, upgrades, and technical issues.
- Engage and service brokers, system vendors, and other stakeholders, and lead process improvements to reduce operational risk, enhance customer experience, and build team resilience.
- Remain familiar with and ready to execute ASX business continuity plan emergency procedures.
- Experience with project implementation.
- Knowledge of ASX Trading, Clearing, and Settlement internal systems and processes.
- Knowledge of the integrated ASX and ASX24 environments, both technically and operationally.
ASX is a full-service exchange in Australia offering trading, clearing, settlement, depository services, market insights, connectivity, and data across equities, derivatives, ETFs, options, and managed funds. Its platform relies on The Australian Liquidity Centre data center to provide fast, secure access to Australia’s largest liquidity pools and post-trade services. It runs a large derivatives market and combines capital markets with infrastructure to serve leading resource, finance, and technology companies. Its goal is to provide reliable, end-to-end financial infrastructure that enables efficient, liquid, and transparent markets for participants in Australia and beyond.
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- FY26 underlying profit rose 5.2% to A$536.4 million on 13 August 2026.
- Markets revenue jumped 18.6%, with futures volumes up 14.4% and record trading days.
- CHESS Release 1 cutover completed on time, reducing the biggest modernization overhang.
What critics are saying
- ASIC won a $20.5 million CHESS penalty on 3 July 2026, exposing governance failures.
- Release 2 remains targeted for 2029, prolonging execution risk and technology spending.
- If another CHESS outage or misleading disclosure hits, Cboe and NSX gain credibility fast.
What makes Australian Securities Exchange unique
- ASX controls Australia’s dominant equities market infrastructure, with CHESS Release 1 live on 20 April 2026.
- Anthony Attia starts 1 September 2026, bringing Euronext and NYSE post-trade leadership.
- ASX monetizes clearing, settlement, listings, and derivatives across one regulated venue.
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Australian stock exchange operator ASX reported a 5.2% increase in annual underlying net profit to A$536.4 million (US$379 million), driven by heightened trading activity amid volatile global markets. The company's shares surged 9%, marking their strongest session since March 2020. ASX's markets division saw revenue climb 18.6%, with futures and options volumes up 14.4%. The bourse recorded its highest-ever month of futures trading and second-largest equities trading day by number of executed trades during the year ended 30 June. Total expenses rose 21.1%, reflecting increased technology modernisation spending and costs from a corporate regulator inquiry. ASX declared a final dividend of 104.7 Australian cents per share. The results come as ASX works to rebuild trust following regulatory scrutiny over operational failures.
Lunch Wrap: Earnings season draws blood as Telstra and IAG slump. * ASX cops an earnings season reality check * Origin does the heavy lifting * Cleanaway gets a $9.4bn offer The S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.6% at lunchtime on Thursday in Sydney as reporting season got busy. Wall Street had a decent night after US inflation came in nice and dull, which is exactly how traders like it. Fed chair Kevin Warsh is still keeping everyone guessing with his deliberately vague speech. Meanwhile, Ed Yardeni lifted his year-end S&P 500 target to a Street-high 8400, versus 7748 now, on what he calls "fabulous earnings momentum", or FEMO. Yep, Wall Street has invented another acronym for stocks. Back on the ASX, earnings season was getting spicy and investors were dumping anything that didn't serve up exactly what they'd ordered. Eight of the 11 sectors were lower. Utilities led for the second day running, while telcos got dragged out the back. Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) was doing most of the heavy lifting for utilities this morning. Origin jumped 5% after full year net profit rose 6% to $1.6bn, despite revenue dropping 10%. Less revenue, more profit. Investors can usually get their heads around that one. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX:ANZ) gained 3% after posting a quarterly cash profit of $1.9bn, which was pretty much where everyone expected it to land. ANZ has now joined the other big banks in saying the home loan pipeline has gone a bit soft. Nobody needs to start rattling a tin for them just yet, but it's not exactly looking flash. Gold stocks, meanwhile, were having a crack at a 10th straight winning session after bullion climbed to around US$4430 an ounce. In other large cap news, market operator ASX (ASX:ASX) jumped 12% after underlying profit rose 5% to $536.4m, sneaking ahead of forecasts. Higher trading activity helped. Investors panic, investors trade, and the ASX clips the ticket. Not a bad little arrangement. The communications sector was getting belted as Telstra (ASX:TLS) dropped 5%. The result wasn't exactly a shocker. Net profit rose 2.7% to $2.4bn, underlying profit climbed 4.9%, and Telstra served up a 10.5 cent final dividend plus another buyback worth up to $1bn. Plenty of solid numbers, just not enough sparkle for a market that turned up demanding champagne. Cleanaway Waste Management (ASX:CWY) surged more than 15% after Swedish private equity mob EQT Infrastructure lobbed a takeover proposal worth about $9.4bn. Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) and its partners secured $2.5bn in federal and NSW government support to keep the Tomago aluminium smelter alive. That keeps Australia's biggest aluminium smelter running, but it also says plenty about the economics when staying open requires a $2.5bn government cuddle. Shares down 3%. The insurer blamed higher natural peril costs, which is insurance speak for the Australian weather doing what it does best. The Penfolds owner booked $1.3bn of writedowns, mainly against its US business. Its shares rose 5% anyway. Bowen has finance and boardroom runs on the board from Coles, Jetstar, BHP, Transurban and Wesfarmers. Gold mining experience, though? Not much. ASX leaders. Today's best-performing stocks, including small caps, intraday: | Security | Description | Last | % | Volume | MktCap | | Security | Description | Last | % | Volume | MktCap | | AAU | Antilles Gold Ltd | 0.007 | 17% | 71,897 | $19,674,559 | | ACS | Accent Resources NL | 0.525 | 163% | 796,188 | $97,907,457 | | BLU | Blue Energy Limited | 0.004 | 17% | 10,000 | $9,035,921 | | CWY | Cleanaway Waste Ltd | 2.745 | 16% | 43,665,744 | $5,311,667,143 | | EGR | Ecograf Limited | 0.260 | 24% | 577,886 | $96,925,755 | | ESR | Estrella Res Ltd | 0.028 | 12% | 4,477,053 | $55,813,424 | | HPC | Thehydration | 0.005 | 25% | 100,020 | $2,151,954 | | ID8 | Identitii Limited | 0.005 | 67% | 16,004,000 | $2,772,457 | | KCC | Kincora Copper | 0.960 | 12% | 1,440 | $18,007,771 | | KRR | King River Resources | 0.100 | 14% | 10,096,239 | $137,155,659 | | LIS | Lisenergylimited | 0.135 | 13% | 87,907 | $76,824,028 | | LPE | Locality Planning | 0.105 | 17% | 75,851 | $16,436,199 | | NFM | New Frontier | 0.007 | 17% | 152,863 | $10,429,778 | | PET | Phoslock Env Tec Ltd | 0.007 | 17% | 829,305 | $3,746,343 | | PTR | PTR Minerals Ltd | 0.120 | 14% | 1,274,782 | $41,502,801 | | RIM | Rimfire Pacific | 0.016 | 14% | 7,179,241 | $38,826,056 | | SHO | Sportshero Ltd | 0.044 | 16% | 3,181,793 | $34,595,175 | | SMS | Starmineralslimited | 0.050 | 14% | 416,999 | $11,411,602 | | SRJ | SRJ Technologies | 0.008 | 14% | 3,910,365 | $12,062,522 | | THR | Thor Energy PLC | 0.009 | 21% | 347,889 | $4,765,947 | | TMS | Tennant Minerals Ltd | 0.008 | 14% | 11,374 | $10,476,617 | | TSL | Titanium Sands Ltd | 0.008 | 14% | 664,500 | $16,413,230 | | WHK | Whitehawk Limited | 0.004 | 14% | 1,100,000 | $4,021,483 | | XST | Xstate Resources | 0.017 | 31% | 983,275 | $6,238,608 | | YAR | Yari Resources | 0.005 | 25% | 691,142 | $4,197,319 | Accent Resources (ASX:ACS) has been on a massive run since Monday's promising Magnetite Range testwork, surging more than 600% on Tuesday, 60% yesterday and as much as 160% today. Trading has now been halted at Accent's request while it prepares another announcement, due no later than Monday. Locality Planning Energy (ASX:LPE) will acquire PowerHub for up to $5.8m, paying $2.8m upfront and the rest only as pipeline service points are activated over five years. The deal adds up to 76 sites and 4642 service points, expands LPE into Tasmania and South Australia, and gives its growth pipeline a decent leg up. ASX laggards. Today's worst performing stocks (including small caps) intraday: | Security | Description | Last | % | Volume | MktCap | | Security | Description | Last | % | Volume | MktCap | | ABY | Adore Beauty | 0.250 | -11% | 179,844 | $26,308,220 | | ARV | Artemis Resources | 0.004 | -13% | 1,970,364 | $18,023,182 | | CQT | Conneqt Health Ltd | 0.017 | -11% | 627,688 | $17,530,441 | | EMU | EMU NL | 0.022 | -12% | 132,668 | $10,137,441 | | ENV | Enova Mining Limited | 0.002 | -20% | 100,000 | $4,951,523 | | ERL | Empire Resources | 0.006 | -14% | 1,000,000 | $14,609,991 | | GTE | Great Western Exp. 0.009 | -10% | 1,792 | $7,775,913 | | INF | Infinity Metals Ltd | 0.007 | -13% | 599,172 | $4,739,712 | | M96 | Maverick Minerals Au | 0.006 | -14% | 1,973,059 | $12,614,745 | | MAG | Magmatic Resrce Ltd | 0.026 | -10% | 24,199 | $14,564,700 | | MTM | Metallium Ltd | 0.403 | -11% | 5,241,889 | $332,212,396 | | NAE | New Age Exploration | 0.002 | -20% | 2,580,000 | $10,855,656 | | NS1 | Nodestream Ltd | 0.008 | -11% | 10,714,120 | $17,873,960 | | NSM | Northstaw | 0.018 | -10% | 25,077 | $7,477,425 | | OVT | Ovanti Limited | 0.002 | -20% | 93,914,796 | $2,493,493 | | PL9 | Prairie Lithium Ltd | 0.006 | -14% | 3,845,311 | $39,062,201 | | RDN | Raiden Resources Ltd | 0.003 | -14% | 4,122,759 | $12,078,120 | | RKB | Rokeby Resources Ltd | 0.003 | -14% | 10,778 | $10,418,555 | | SLM | Solismineralsltd | 0.066 | -10% | 7,682,740 | $24,221,526 | | SPQ | Superior Resources | 0.003 | -25% | 467,482 | $10,562,683 | | SRN | Surefire Rescs NL | 0.019 | -17% | 220,800 | $4,167,122 | | TLM | Talisman Mining | 0.072 | -10% | 14,082 | $15,065,628 | | TMX | Terrain Minerals | 0.003 | -17% | 1,004,910 | $11,135,185 | | VR8 | Vanadium Resources | 0.013 | -13% | 1,144,317 | $10,045,751 | | X2M | X2M Connect Limited | 0.002 | -20% | 715,147 | $4,865,745 | In case you missed it. 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ASX dips amid RBA stance, housing debate. The Australian share market experienced a downturn near noon AEST, with the ASX 200 index falling 0.6 per cent. Investors were seen digesting recent hawkish comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia alongside a flurry of corporate earnings results. Online employment giant Seek saw its shares tumble 14 per cent, contributing significantly to the broader market slide. Adding to the sector-specific pressures, ASX Ltd. is also facing a reported lawsuit concerning its Chess system, further impacting market sentiment. Contrasting views emerged regarding the Australian housing market. Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn presented a nuanced outlook, suggesting that a potential conclusion to the 30-year property supercycle could act as a "cathartic moment" for the economy. Conversely, Treasurer Jim Chalmers affirmed official Treasury forecasts, which project property price growth over the next two years, even as many private sector economists revise their outlooks downwards amidst a deepening housing downturn. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns are set to announce a billion-dollar bailout package for the Tomago aluminium smelter near Newcastle this Thursday. In corporate developments, Solomon Lew's Premier Investments, owner of popular brands such as Peter Alexander and Smiggle, issued a warning that annual earnings would be lower than previous guidance, citing challenging trading conditions. The company also revealed plans to close its Peter Alexander stores in the United Kingdom. On a positive note for local innovation, Australian medical artificial-intelligence firm Heidi Health is reportedly on track to achieve a $1 billion "unicorn" valuation. Heidi Health is a medical artificial-intelligence firm. Last year, Blackbird Ventures noted it was growing faster than any of its other start-ups, including Canva. Additionally, Australia and Vietnam strengthened their economic and strategic ties, with Prime Minister Albanese and Vietnamese President To Lam signalling a desire for closer partnership.
ASX fined for misleading market over CHESS tech upgrade. By Angelica Snowden The ASX has copped a $20.5m fine after misleading the market over its bungled rollout of the disastrous CHESS technology upgrade. The penalty is not a surprise, after the exchange operator conceded in June it deceived the market when it published an update in February 2022 that the project was "progressing well" and an April 2023 go-live date was on track. In reality, the ASX conceded in March the project would be delayed and by November had all but publicly called it off, having announced a "pause" to its development. The ASX took an 11th hour deal to avoid a court trial, which was due to kick off in June. The ASX also agreed to pay legal costs worth $3m to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, who brought the case. An agreement was reached two weeks after former chief executive Helen Lofthouse quit the market operator, with her replacement European financial markets executive Anthony Attia, due to start in September. The ASX first announced it had selected Digital Asset Holdings to design a potential replacement using technologies that record transactions across decentralised networks, like blockchain, 10 years ago in 2016. Rooz let off the hook. New York-based Digital Assets' CEO Yuval Rooz was let off the hook before the case was settled, after the ASX lost a bid to force him to come to Australia to give evidence in the trial. According to Federal Court judge Brigitte Markovic's judgment, former ASX CEO Dominic Stevens signed off on an ASX announcement about his resignation, that was updated on the evening of February 9 to include a line claiming the CHESS project was "progressing well". "Looks good," Stevens replied when he ticked off on the February 10 announcement. Former ASX chair Damian Roche, who retired amid the project's fallout, was also emailed a copy. But earlier, the ASX audit and risk committee had been told about the project's major lack of progress on February 3, 2022. As well, the board was told on February 9 about the project's "red" status, and was supplied with a report from Stevens that also flagged delays. "The [CHESS Replacement Project] continues to focus on finding solutions to Digital Asset's delivery road map not being aligned with the critical path activities," Stevens told the board in his report. "Management is engaged at various levels within Digital Asset to protect the critical path." Despite that information, the board determined it was "accurate to say that the project remained on track". "More recently, in discussion with ASX's CEO and Group Executive, Securities & Payments, Digital Asset's CEO had verbally committed to a mid-March to early April delivery for ITE2," minutes from a board meeting on February 9 said. "On the basis of that commitment, management considered that the project remained on critical path, and that it was accurate to say that the project remained 'on track'." The ASX announcement was considered and approved by the board at that meeting. Earlier, in December 2021, the ASX rejected a proposal from Rooz's company to push back the CHESS delivery until November 2022. A red rating. The project was given a "red" rating at that time out of a traffic light system, in reports to the ASX board and governance group, Justice Markovic said. "'Red was defined as 'heightened awareness or action required', 'confirmed issue with adverse impact', 'significant issues or risks impacting [key performance indicator(s)] where mitigations/resolutions are not in place or have not been effective' and 'ESG/[Project Director] has concerns there is a material threat to project outcomes'," the judgment read. ASX chair Roche met with Digit Assets chair Susan Hauser, in addition to multiple other meetings between the parties from December 2021 and February 2022 to get the project back on track. The judgment noted an original "go-live" date was planned for April 2021, but was delayed during the Covid-19 pandemic and pushed out to April 2023. Justice Markovic said the ASX was "concerned" about delays afflicting the project by no-later than mid-November 2021. The delays were a result of Digital Asset Holding's failure to prioritise the CHESS project or assign it sufficient resources, according to Justice Markovic's judgment. For years leading up to 2022, the ASX sought to replace CHESS - Australia's predominant clearing and settlement system. The ASX first announced it had selected Digital Asset Holdings to design a potential replacement using technologies that record transactions across decentralised networks, like blockchain, in 2016.